About Me

Alex Rojas is a knowledgeable action oriented chemical engineer with experience in chemical, facilities, and process engineering. Previous experience involves designing onshore facilities, process control, pressure relief valve sizing and analysis, pipeline hydraulics including surge analysis, root cause analysis on process systems, and heat and material balances for the petrochemical and oil and gas industries.

Alex received his Bachelor's and Master's degree from Cornell University, and is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Experience
Continental Resources
Facilities Engineer 
May 2017 to February 2020
Oklahoma City, OK
  • Responsible for design and construction of $20MM+ in CAPEX in the Bakken shale.
  • Manage construction and design in parallel for fast tracked multiwell CTBs and pipelines.
  • Built multiphase (3 Phase) hydraulic wellhead model for bulk header manifold.
  • Oversee and document all aspects of project to meet project schedule, review invoices, and develop scope of work documents for new facilities and retrofits.
  • Coordinate with operations,  land, production engineering, EHS, supply chain, and third party vendors/contractors to build production facilities.

Devon Energy
Facilities Engineer - Contractor
January 2017 to May 2017
Artesia, NM
  • Lead, design, and execute surface facility projects in the Delaware Basin.
  • Create construction packages for construction foreman to install major pieces of equipment and pressure relief devices.
  • Provide process engineering recommendations to operations, business development, production engineering, and EHS to improve production, enhance safety, and mitigate emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and green house gases (GHGs) in the Permian.

Hunt Guillot and Associates LLC
Pressure Protection System Specialist
January 2016 to January 2017

  • Size and specified modifications to existing relief valve and rupture disks
  • Expert in consulting with vendors, unit engineers, and management
  • Relief valve re-validation study for PSM ethylene plant and specialty chemical
  • Cut time to evaluate protected system by 33%
  • Aggressively meet all client, internal, and engineering deadlines for turnaround
  • Increase efficiency by assisting team members troubleshoot problems
  • Perform field verification of P&IDs at petrochemical plant with approved PPE


ConocoPhillips
Facilities Engineer
January 2014 to October 2015

Facilitate onshore upstream development by specifying process equipment, streamlining procedures, and emphasizing safety in the San Juan Basin.
  • Participated in Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), HAZOP, and layer of protection analysis (LOPA) on high risk locations
  • Supported operators, contractors, and vendors with work orders by clearly communicating instructions and/or procedures
  • Created transient dynamic models to determine safe operating limits (SOL) and maintained meticulous records in SAP
  • Developed pressure relief valve training manual and trained coworkers to select and size relief valves per API 520/API 521

URS
Process Engineer
September 2012 to December 2013

Worked on metering stations, well pads and production facilities, and natural gas pipelines for clients in the upstream, midstream, and downstream industries.
  • Developed Heat and Material Balances (H&MB), Process Flow Diagrams (PFD), Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), Index Flow Sheets, and equipment specification datasheets for catalytic heaters, pressure safety valves, various control valves, and instrumentation for a 24 MMSCFD metering station and a 90 MMSCFD pipeline
  • Developed and analyzed simulation models for gas sweetening, dehydration, and storage for gas processing plant
  • Surge Analysis and hydraulic modeling on a major 42 mile 1,000 bph crude oil pipeline and storage networks using Stoner Pipeline Simulator (SPS)

Interests
My professional interests include increasing profitability and efficiency. Networking with other professionals to learn new ideas, processes, and designs. Becoming an expert in project feasibility studies, construction management, data collection and analysis, regulatory compliance, and writing technical guidelines and specifications.